Adaptation to extreme weather: Identifying different societal perspectives in the Netherlands

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-101

  Vasileiadou, Eleftheria ^a   Hisschemöller, Matthijs ^a   Petersen, Arthur C ^a,b   Hazeleger, Wilco ^c,d   Betgen, Channah ^e   de Hoog, Iris ^e   Min, Erik ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adaptation; Extreme weather; Perspectives; Repertory grid; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893700555     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0460-4     Document Type: Article

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